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Responding to the #BiodiversityCrisis & #ClimateEmergency: #plantscience, #collections management, #education & training @TheBotanics
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh
Joined March 2012
Our team have now completed the digitisation of Saxifragaceae https://t.co/2IDXsmhMBz
#herbarium #herbaria #digitisation #towards3million #saxifragaceae
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The following blog was written by Rose Kent a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August 2024. Each digitiser is...
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The 3rd episode of #GenomicConnections, the new #sciencepodcast, is now live! 💥This time, it’s about ‘DNA Metadata and FAIR Play’. 🔗: https://t.co/1TJK1uscrh
@REA_research @erga_biodiv @iBOLEurope #GenomicConnections #sciencepodcast #sequencing #metadata #biodiversity #BGE
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Recently, the plant experts here in the Darwin Tree of Life project met @RBGE_Science - a great opportunity to celebrate success and make plans to sequence ALL plants in the British Isles and Ireland. Learn more: https://t.co/gVDgsgzNLe 📸 Dom Absolon/@sangerinstitute
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'Think before you pack and don't bring it back' 🧳⛱️ Come along to our event at the @ScotlandRHShow with @EpicScotland on 20th June at 1pm We will be showcasing our new animation 📽️ Talks from scientists @EpicScotland @SRUC and @JamesHuttonInst
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What is Archive Service Accreditation and how did we get to this stage? @TheBotanics' first qualified archivist, the wonderful Leonie Paterson, explains: https://t.co/Qgxs8oyRyr
#BotanicsStories @UkNatArchives
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We are proud to announce that the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Archives are officially now an Accredited Archive Service - a result of many years of hard work and improvements across our Preserved...
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From the initial creation of a world first Genetic Score Card as led @RBGE_Science @NatureScot @JamesHuttonInst @EdinburghUni in @SEFARIscot ‘s then first (!) specialist group project, it has progressed to international importance, providing key capabilities in conservation.
The 6th progress report to Scottish Parliament on the Scottish #Biodiversity Strategy was recently published. 🔗 https://t.co/lTwHgWjvNE The Genetic Diversity Scorecard supported by @SEFARIscot was highlighted in Outcome 7...learn more here ➡️
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Mapping a unique and special forest type in Central Africa using #sentinel2 and #groundtruthing. What is bemba forest, where is it, how much is there, and why is it important? @EllenHeimpel @thebotanics has many of the answers: https://t.co/huPD6xHIlX
#BotanicsStories
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It surprises me that, despite all the advances in AI, computers cannot easily and accurately separate crowns of individual trees in a tropical forest seen from space. It can be done but it is not...
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The Guttiferae (Clusiaceae) have now been digitised by our team. https://t.co/Tx1VNxoeS0
#digitisation #herbarium #towards3million #Guttiferae #Clusiaceae
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The following blog was written by Linde Hess a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August 2024. Each digitiser is...
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Who's joining us at the Peter Wilson Lecture 2025? Preserving what matters, Scotland's national collections. All welcome, full details and tickets here: https://t.co/AvFhOh6JU8
@RoyalSocEd #PeterWilsonLecture #PreservingWhatMatters #Event #Talk #Edinburgh
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The 2nd episode of #GenomicConnections, the new #sciencepodcast, is now live! 💥 This time, it’s about ‘Tech for Biodiversity: The role of DNA sequencing’. 🔗: https://t.co/tpJ7lr5cjR...
@REA_research @erga_biodiv @iBOLEurope #sciencepodcast #sequencing #conservation #BGE #DNA
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🌺It's National Plant Health Week 🌺 @PlantHealthScot we are part of this national effort to ensure plant health is protected in Scotland https://t.co/YjxCDz66Qy
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🌳⚠️Out now in Systematic Biology⚠️🌳 We find rampant reticulation in Inga, a rapid Amazonian tree radiation! ⚡ BONUS: We also find introgression and selection on genes underlying chemical defences, helping Ingas resist relentless herbivory🐛☠️🌳 🔗 https://t.co/LvLVvY3dTj
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Abstract. Evolutionary radiations underlie much of the species diversity of life on Earth, particularly within the world’s most species-rich tree flora—tha
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@PlantHealthScot has £50,000 available to fund an open research call into plant health in Scotland Apply here https://t.co/O0gERZKa62
#planthealth #research #innovation #scotland #forestry #agriculture #horticulture #naturalenvironment
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Don't miss this opportunity to join @TheBotanics as a #bioinformatician. Full-time, fixed term post supporting our extensive #biodiversity work including plant genome assembly, population genomics & phylogenomics. Details here: https://t.co/6PwsuIgqEb. Closes 30 April.
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The 1st episode of #GenomicConnections is here! 🎉 A new #sciencepodcast produced by @iBOLEurope and #ERGA sharing the stories and people behind biodiversity genomics. In this episode, we talk about #biobanking and its fundamental importance ❄️🧬 https://t.co/XaTi26QuII
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Could you be the next Regius Keeper (CEO) of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh? We're seeking an exceptional leader with innovation, strategic thinking, and a passion for plants to shape our future. Apply for this prestigious and incredibly rare role: https://t.co/kH7kgWSINy
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Our digitisation team have now completed the Umbelliferae https://t.co/yA0fPaPcXy
#umbelliferae #apiaceae #digitisation #herbaria #herbarium #towards3million
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The following blog was written by Chris Knowles a digitiser in the Herbarium. Since 2021 we have increased our digitisation capacity reaching 1 million specimens imaged in August 2024. Each digitiser...
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Are you a #genomics #researcher interested in: 🧬 Gaining access to cutting-edge genomics resources 🧬Expert guidance 🧬 Global collaboration opportunities 🧬 And more? Apply now to become an EBP-affiliated project or EBP-regional node and contribute to a movement shaping the
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We quantify, map and analyse wood density across tropical South America. Our analysis led by @mjpsullivan refines the east-west Amazon gradient in wood density, improves it by revealing much finer variation, & extends to Andean, Dry & Atlantic forests. https://t.co/O1SKd754Cx
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